{"id":1760174,"url":"https://alion.io/job/qualcomm-engineer-staff-customer-engineering-powerthermal","title":"Engineer, Staff_Customer Engineering_Power&Thermal","company":{"id":94,"name":"Qualcomm","domain":"qualcomm.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/qualcomm","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Eightfold","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":73,"open_postings":1257,"ghost_share":0.212,"stale_share":0.108,"repost_share":0.472,"time_to_fill_p50_days":74,"computed_at":"2026-10-14T06:34:16Z"}},"role":"Customer Success","role_family":"Customer Success","seniority":"staff","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Bengaluru, India"],"countries":["IN"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":21000,"max_usd":57000,"period":"year","method":"global_role_cell_scaled_by_country","sample_n":86},"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"C++","optional":false},{"name":"Linux","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"RTOS","optional":false},{"name":"Java","optional":true},{"name":"Rest-Assured","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-15T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-24","last_verified_at":"2026-10-14T16:35:38Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":29,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":29},"description":"Company:\nQualcomm India Private LimitedJob Area:\nEngineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Applications EngineeringGeneral Summary:\nJOB OVERVIEW \nThis position is part of the Qualcomm Customer Engineering Group, which collaborates closely with partners and customers - from concept through commercialization - across Qualcomm's broad Snapdragon platform portfolio. The team supports all aspects of embedded software including hardware and software architecture, feature prototyping, feature integration, software customization, performance and power optimization, system validation, and complex debugging efforts critical to product launch.\nThis is a Staff-level Customer Engineering position focused on Power and Thermal software, system power management, and low-power architecture across a wide range of Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms and operating environments - including Android, Linux (LV/Yocto), QNX, and multi-OS virtualized stacks (e.g., HGY, HQX, and other product families).\nThe role provides technical leadership in troubleshooting complex customer issues, defining application-level power and thermal solutions, developing design recommendations, and driving resolution across HLOS, non-HLOS, hypervisor, chipset, and customer engineering teams. Key technical focus areas include Suspend to RAM (S2R), Dynamic Sleep, PCM, thermal management, subsystem power states, and system suspend/resume flows.\nKEY RESPONSIBILITIES\nPower & Thermal Technical Leadership \nLead troubleshooting of complex Power and Thermal software issues across multiple Snapdragon platforms and OS environments (Android, Linux, QNX, and others).\nProvide technical leadership for customer issues involving:\nPower management features - S2R, Dynamic Sleep / DSQB, PCM, and other low-power modes\nThermal management and TDP workload characterization across product families\nDevice and subsystem power states (AOP, RPMh, LPASS/ADSP, DSPs, NSP)\nVirtual-machine and hypervisor power interactions in multi-OS automotive and compute platforms\nAnalyse system-wide power management flows across HLOS and non-HLOS components, including Linux, Android, QNX, TrustZone, AOP, DSPs, hypervisor, and platform hardware.\nApply strong knowledge of Linux and Android Power Management frameworks to influence customer application design and investigate power management issues.\nUnderstand and debug the role of hypervisors in automotive and compute power management, including host/guest interactions, VM lifecycle management, resource ownership, and inter-VM power coordination.\nArchitecture & Customer Engagement\nProvide power and thermal design recommendations for customer applications, workloads, and system architectures across Snapdragon platform families.\nParticipate in technical discussions with customers, chipset power teams, thermal systems teams, architecture teams, product managers, and regional CE organizations.\nTranslate customer requirements into clear internal software, system, and architecture requirements.\nLead root-cause analysis, issue reproduction, log analysis, system characterization, and corrective action planning.\nProvide customer-specific software recommendations, patches, workarounds, and implementation guidance.\nRepresent Qualcomm in technical discussions with customers and Tier-1/Tier-2 partners from initial requirements through feature implementation and product launch.\nCharacterization & Measurement\nPerform power and thermal characterization for platform-specific workloads including AI, multimedia, connectivity, and automotive TDP use cases.\nAnalyse performance-versus-power behaviour for customer-specific AI networks and platform workloads, including NSP/DSP and HLOS processing pipelines.\nSupport the development and validation of workload and loading tools, tuning monitoring tools to represent realistic product use cases.\nProvide accurate power measurement data and technical analysis to chipset power, PPAT, and thermal systems teams.\nLeverage hardware-level data and SoC registers for power characterization, debug, and APDP generation across target platforms.\nKnowledge Sharing & Mentorship\nConduct technical training and workshops for customers, partners, CE teams, and internal engineering organizations.\nDevelop debug guides, architecture documentation, training materials, and reusable technical content on power and thermal topics across OS and platform families.\nMentor and guide junior and early-career engineers on Power and Thermal software, system debugging, customer engagement, and technical analysis.\nInfluence architecture and feature improvements by providing feedback based on hands-on customer and platform experience.\nScale technical knowledge through creation of reusable diagnostics, debug methodologies, and issue-tracking artifacts applicable across platforms.\nMINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS\nEducation & Experience\nB.E./B.Tech in Engineering, Computer Science, Electronics, or related field with 8+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Embedded Systems, or related experience.\nOR M.Tech/M.S. in relevant field with 6+ years of experience.\nOR Ph.D. in relevant field with 4+ years of experience.\nRequired Skills\n3+ years of experience in a customer-facing technical role.\n3+ years of experience with C, C++, Python, or similar programming languages.\n3+ years of experience with embedded software debugging and system-level issue resolution.\nStrong understanding of Linux or Android Power Management fundamentals.\nHands-on experience troubleshooting embedded software across HLOS and non-HLOS components.\nExperience with at least one embedded/real-time OS: Linux, Android, QNX, or another RTOS.\nExperience with system suspend, resume, shutdown, wakeup, or low-power features.\nExperience working with multitasking operating systems and embedded system architecture.\nExperience analysing logs, traces, performance data, and power or thermal measurement results.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills.\nDemonstrated ability to work effectively with customers and cross-functional engineering teams.\nDemonstrated technical leadership, mentoring, and problem-solving skills.\nPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS \nStaff-level experience leading complex customer issues across multiple engineering organizations.\nDeep understanding of Linux kernel power management frameworks and system suspend/resume flows.\nExperience with Qualcomm Snapdragon Power and Thermal software across one or more OS environments: Android, Linux (LV/Yocto), QNX.\nExperience with low-power features: S2R, DSQB/Dynamic Sleep, PCM, runtime power management, and power-domain control.\nExperience with non-HLOS power management components: TrustZone, AOP, RPMh, power management firmware, and related system services.\nExperience with hypervisors and virtualization in automotive or compute embedded systems (e.g., QNX-based MGVM/Flex configurations, Android GVM, multi-OS stacks).\nUnderstanding of host and guest OS power coordination and inter-VM communication protocols.\nExperience with BSP, device drivers, kernel subsystems, and embedded system architecture on Snapdragon SoCs.\nExperience with power, thermal, and performance characterization of AI, DSP, NSP, or accelerator workloads.\nExperience with system stability, suspend/resume reliability, reboot, shutdown, and watchdog debugging.\nExperience with customer requirements analysis and translation into internal technical specifications.\nExperience creating architecture documentation, debug guides, training materials, and technical workshops.\nExperience using debugging and hardware analysis tools:\nJTAG and TRACE32\nOscilloscopes and Logic analyzers\nKernel tracing and logging tools (ftrace, systrace, perf, etc.)\nPerformance and power monitoring tools (Trepn, SimplePerf, QPT, etc.)\nUnderstanding of ARM architecture and embedded SoC hardware: clocks, PLLs, GPIO, interrupts, GIC, power domains, regulators, memory, and subsystem power control.\nExperience with automotive or compute platforms involving digital cockpit, infotainment, ADAS, AI workloads, or vehicle compute systems.\nExperience mentoring engineers and influencing cross-functional architecture or software decisions.\nMinimum Qualifications:\n• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.OR\nMaster's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.\nOR\nPhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.\n2+ years of experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.\n• 1+ year of experience with debugging techniques.\nApplicants: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. 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